My father owns a 28 ft master marine with a 1998 volvo penta 5.0GI. 10 years ago while he was getting the boat ready for the summer season he suffered a debilitating stroke and was pretty much bed ridden for the remainder of his life. He passed away last month.
The boat has been sitting covered and winterized since then and I'm seriously considering buying the boat. At the very least I need to get her running before I can sell it. He was very careful with it and kept a log of all the work done. Last log was the winterization... changed the lube oil and filters, ran the engine with winter mix (marvel mystery oil, gas and fuel stabilizer). Ran antifreeze through the system. Those were his notes. So my question is, what do I need to do. I'm not going to do anything until this spring but I want to get all my ducks in a row and don't want to do anything to damage the engine... which quite frankly I don't know anything about. I don't think the fuel tank was full (or hope not... 150 gallons) but highly doubt it was bone dry which means the gas is sludge and tank probably needs to be cleaned... any advise on that would also be helpful. What else should I do/ look for?
When the boat was stored at a friends house he was really concerned that someone would try to start it... no one did but I can't understand why he would have a problem if they did. He ran the engine with the winter mix already to winterize it and nothing in the fuel would cause harm. I believe that it is fresh water cooled so when he was referring to running antifreeze through the system he was talking about through the freshwater cooling system as well as sucking it up into the raw water intake on the outdrive. I again don't see a problem that would occur with this other than the fact that if it was ran too long it would de winterize. Again... I am new to these engines and just looking to fill in the blanks. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
The boat has been sitting covered and winterized since then and I'm seriously considering buying the boat. At the very least I need to get her running before I can sell it. He was very careful with it and kept a log of all the work done. Last log was the winterization... changed the lube oil and filters, ran the engine with winter mix (marvel mystery oil, gas and fuel stabilizer). Ran antifreeze through the system. Those were his notes. So my question is, what do I need to do. I'm not going to do anything until this spring but I want to get all my ducks in a row and don't want to do anything to damage the engine... which quite frankly I don't know anything about. I don't think the fuel tank was full (or hope not... 150 gallons) but highly doubt it was bone dry which means the gas is sludge and tank probably needs to be cleaned... any advise on that would also be helpful. What else should I do/ look for?
When the boat was stored at a friends house he was really concerned that someone would try to start it... no one did but I can't understand why he would have a problem if they did. He ran the engine with the winter mix already to winterize it and nothing in the fuel would cause harm. I believe that it is fresh water cooled so when he was referring to running antifreeze through the system he was talking about through the freshwater cooling system as well as sucking it up into the raw water intake on the outdrive. I again don't see a problem that would occur with this other than the fact that if it was ran too long it would de winterize. Again... I am new to these engines and just looking to fill in the blanks. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
